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Old 1st Oct 2003, 17:41
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Jackonicko
 
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A Civilian,

While I probably share your distaste for Sharon, and while I'd agree that the attitude of some Israelis to the Palestinians is unacceptable, I do think that it's too easy to accuse them of war crimes at the moment (I think there have been war crimes in the past, most notably at Sabra and Chatila).

They do operate with reckless disregard to civilian casualties, sometimes, but that's different to deliberately targeting civilians. Moreover, the very fact that these blokes can make a protest like this, without being simply taken out and shot, or even slammed in chokey, shows that there is still a strong streak of liberalism in what is one of the few working democracies in the region.

Which is perhaps why their failure to 'do the decent thing' and get out of the occupied territories and remove the settlements is so disappointing to those of us who do have an underlying regard for them.
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